Don't worry. Asteroid 2024 YR4 now has a 99.72% chance of missing Earth in 2032. If you've been worrying about reports of a possible asteroid impact in 2032, we have very good news. NASA has dropped ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 still has a nearly 97% chance to completely miss Earth in 2032, but its odds of impact, which now stand at 3.1%, represent the highest risk level of any large space rock ever.
Called 2024 YR4, the near-Earth asteroid initially carried a 1% chance of hitting land when NASA and the European Space Agency first announced its existence last month. Protocols require the ...
NASA did note, however, that there was still a 1.7% chance that 2024 YR4 would impact the Moon on Dec. 22, 2032. When concerns over the asteroid were first raised, there was a possibility it could ...
NASA first spotted the asteroid in late 2024. It was reported on Dec. 27, 2024, having surpassed the 1% impact probability threshold to formally notify other relevant U.S. government agencies of ...
Not much is known about 2024 YR4 ... and marked the last known large asteroid to hit our world. Planet killer asteroids are space rocks that are 1 kilometer across or larger and could have ...
That's because this space rock, designated asteroid 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-48 chance of impacting Earth in 2032. For obvious reasons, astronomers are desperate to learn as much as they can about ...
The asteroid, known as Asteroid 2024 YR4, was first reported to the Minor Planet Center on Dec. 27, 2024. At the time, initial estimate said it had a 1.2% chance of striking Earth. The estimate ...
The asteroid, 2024 YR4, has a 1-in-43 chance of striking the Earth and is the size of Cinderella’s Castle at Disney World. It has the potential to wipe out a city. Discovered on Dec. 27 ...
The asteroid ... 2024 YR4 will hit the Earth when it passes by on Dec. 22, 2032, updated astronomer predictions say. The probability of impact initially was revised upward twice to a record 3.1% ...